Well, its hard to say...as one man once put it, bass is cheap - but good bass is hard to come by. I used to search around for a speaker that had good frequency responses so that I could encapture the essence of any type of music. But then I realize that most music does not even go that low. Techno and that reside in mid and lower-mid bass rather than deep bass so most speakers can handle it. Plus I also found that I was willing to give some bass up to get more of something else. I compared the B&W 600 series standmounts to the floor standers and, although the floorstanders had more bass impact, the midrange wasnt as good. I would rather have good midrange than good bass since most stuff resides in the midrange. Plus, our ears are most sensitive to the midrange at around 2khz I think it is.
The speaker I'm about to buy could be split into a lower model of that speaker and a decent subwoofer. But I wouldnt do that...cuz that would take out something else I like.

Jst me own opinion of course.
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